Site ID: 1260 Lat. -23.5098 Mozambique Gaza
River: Limpopo Long. 32.4585
Site name: Combomune Contributing area: 259436 km2 Ratio to Comparison Station: 15.38
Latest measurement: 2-Nov-09 Mean annual runoff: 181 mm (2003-2007)
Hydrologic status: 2 Normal flow Total runoff this year: 214 mm
Latest M/C ratio: 1.02 Seven day total: 1 mm
Estimated current discharge: 1283 m3/sec Percent of mean 7-day total: 136.2 % (today's value compared to mean for same period, 2003-2007)
Ice-cover determination: 5 yr recurrence flood: 10128 m3/sec (from Log Pearson III analysis)
Status Codes:  1 = Low flow, 2 = Normal flow, 3 = Flood, 4 = Major Flood 10071 m3/sec (from Gumbel Extreme Value analysis)
Comparison Station Information:  Mandini (1160880)           Contributing Area: 7280 sq mi 16866 sq km
(Data from this gaging station are used for the calibration to discharge, with an adjustment for different contributing areas)
Notes: Rating equation is based on monthly mean, maximum, and minimum M/C compared to gaging station discharge values.
Discharge and runoff, based on satellite remote sensing (NASA AMSR-E data)
(For U.S, sites, nearby ground station discharge may also be shown)
2008-Present
2002-Present
Annual  Monthly Total Runoff (mm), computed from above satellite-based discharge data
Runoff
(mm) Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
59 2002 no data no data no data no data no data no data no data 6.6 9.4 15.1 14.5 13.2
145 2003 12.8 12.2 12.0 12.8 10.0 11.6 11.1 7.4 13.0 14.8 11.9 15.7
171 2004 27.5 13.5 23.2 17.3 13.1 13.3 11.2 11.5 9.6 5.9 9.5 15.5
152 2005 14.6 14.6 19.1 15.9 14.5 8.4 0.6 6.8 6.8 11.5 24.2 15.3
234 2006 43.2 28.4 42.0 31.1 19.5 24.5 14.1 8.8 10.1 12.3 0.0 0.0
204 2007 34.8 16.3 20.0 18.4 14.2 6.7 10.3 9.0 6.7 15.1 23.4 29.0
214 2008 29.5 28.9 19.5 17.0 15.9 11.1 12.1 11.6 12.2 14.3 22.6 19.5
214 2009 34.7 29.7 29.2 28.4 17.9 13.9 15.6 12.9 13.7 16.1 2.2 0.0
Discharge is estimated directly via a rating equation from the remote sensing data (M/C ratio) shown below.